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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:50 PM Original message |
Brazillion Solar Roofs Program Off To A Bright Start In Sunny California. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. You make one most excellent point, |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No matter what *he* sounds like |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Bullshit, you guys have no market cornered on "facts"... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Solar energy is a toy for rich people. It is not an effective way to fight climate change. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Hey NNadir, you have a nice evening! |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It ain't got nuttin' to do with Brazil, CA. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Don't be ludicrous, and don't be offensive. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I'll agree that... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Well, there's a start. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. dude, he said solar energy. it's as simple as that. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. one more thing and it's on this point... |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Oh here's another lie directly from you |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. worse place |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Aaaand we're back to insults. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. The WalMarts pretty much have to be the ones to do it... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Americans have *huge* amounts of disposable income to spend on stuff like renewable generation |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I live in the midst of hundreds of thousands of people who can't afford ANY of that. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Can fund a photovoltaic system for the cost of a kitchen remodeling |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Except that hardly any of these people can really afford their kitchen remodels. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But everyone can afford a 25 billion dollar reactor. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The short answer is "yes, that's right." |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I understand your position. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. People who are bad at math |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. But one produces about 22 tons of waste rock and mill tailings per kg of U-fuel |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. 22 tons? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Per Kilogram.... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And with 55 million kg of uranium being mined annually world-wide |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You're back to the "Coal vs. Nuclear" tradeoff |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You introduced the comparison |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Not really. First off, I was talking about oil. However... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Because most people in this group refuse to accept the practical reality of energy demands. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. pffft.... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I really don't know what to say here. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. To scale up nuclear, that tonnage and km^3 goes up several orders of magnitude |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. BWAHAHAHA!!! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Nobody claimed it did |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I've done the math - losthills is absolutely correct |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I didn't know the University of Berkley liked to joke around that much |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Nope - Nederland's snarky comment was a reply to post #16 about mining |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Last I checked, we don't feed raw uranium ore into reactors |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Poor people don't build nuclear reactors. They don't have any money. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's TWICE now you have forgotten to mention "dangerous fossil fuels" |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. I can only speak from my experience |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. Fuzzy math nonsense brought to you by the NEI |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You'll never deal with the realities of nuclear power: |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Nonsense. You really should fact check this stuff before you repeat it. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yawn............ |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I'm glad to see you can't actually refute my statements. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. BWAHAHAHA!!!! Your math is so far off it's hilarious! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Just pointing out how wrong you were |
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